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Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:38 am to Salmon
Sorry lol this movie triggers me big time because of how it’s talked about and he it was lavished with all kinds of shite
Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:40 am to Salmon
Gonna go take a Xanax xr and pretend I never was unfortunate enough to spend that night at the movie. Sorry guys but this movie is shite. It’s not even good as an on the surface out of place horror film. It’s terrible at that too
Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:43 am to td01241
I enjoyed it because I'm a sucker for folk horror.
I also thoroughly enjoyed just how unsettling the atmosphere was (bright daylight and vibrant colors) compared to what was happening around them.
The theme was a bit heavy handed, but I admittedly am a sucker for visuals and tension over themes.
I also thoroughly enjoyed just how unsettling the atmosphere was (bright daylight and vibrant colors) compared to what was happening around them.
The theme was a bit heavy handed, but I admittedly am a sucker for visuals and tension over themes.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:45 am to Salmon
the movie does as good of job at showing a mushroom trip as i have seen. No other movie really comes close.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:47 am to Salmon
I will agree with the local they chose was cool. And you’re right how they did it all during day was clever. The movie has good technical things. Beautiful shots, more than passable acting. The premise he choosing (the real thing he wants to examine) is interesting and I don’t think it’s been done in this way that I know of in this age where we have tinder and bumble and the world in our pocket. He could’ve done a lot with that, especially in a horror context. But I mean commmon. It’s like an alien was given a 5 line or whatever they call them and all it said was he a boyfriend so bad no one believes you aren’t just a robot. No one treats their gf like he does I’m this film.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:50 am to td01241
A better ending and message would be they escape together. Her bf had long known the plan and opens her eyes. Through this experience they had learned that they just aren’t good together, things had been bad for too long. A more fulfilling tone that something better can come. Throw some kind of hoodie twist on that concept. Just my opinion
Posted on 4/13/22 at 9:57 am to Salmon
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I enjoyed it because I'm a sucker for folk horror.
Until about a month ago I didn't really realize this was the label for these movies. I watched a doc on Shudder about it.
It immediately made me think about my thread from a few months ago about The Medium because I discuss folk horror without knowing the genre title...summarized with:
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These rural-Asian settings are perfect for movies about spiritualism and demons.
It's tough to really do folk horror outside of Asia and Europe, imho. I was going to make a thread about that but it's like #45 on my list of threads to make.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 10:03 am to Salmon
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I also thoroughly enjoyed just how unsettling the atmosphere was (bright daylight and vibrant colors) compared to what was happening around them.
This was arguably the best thing about the movie. As I said earlier, it does a good job of the creepy setting and whatnot, and the visuals are great. It just kinda goes off the rails and not in a good way, for me at least.
And I just looked at the run time...148 minutes. So yeah, that's why I remembering it dragging on and on and being far too long. There was absolutely no reason this movie needed to be two and a half hours long.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 10:08 am to SlowFlowPro
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It's tough to really do folk horror outside of Asia and Europe, imho. I was going to make a thread about that but it's like #45 on my list of threads to make.
well you should start a thread with folk horror recommendations
I need to watch The Wailing, its just so hard for me to find the time to watch these movies because my wife cares zero about foreign horror movies (or really horror in general), so I mostly have to watch them on nights when I can't sleep, which with 2 young kids, isn't often
Posted on 4/13/22 at 10:17 am to Salmon
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I need to watch The Wailing, its just so hard for me to find the time to watch these movies
Yes I have the same problem AND mood and building suspense/tension is so important to them, so you (1) have to pay attention and (2) can't be interrupted or constantly stop it.
The Wailing is fricking. awesome. though.
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well you should start a thread with folk horror recommendations
Maybe after the wedding. I'm so far behind in life b/c of that.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 11:38 am to Salmon
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I also thoroughly enjoyed just how unsettling the atmosphere was (bright daylight and vibrant colors) compared to what was happening around them.
this was what I enjoyed most about the movie. it was more of an experience than analyze whether or not you think the GF was a hero. it was all unsettling. everyone was on drugs so no ones perspective is to be trusted. No one made out to be a hero, everyone was a shitthead teenager maybe early 20s.
there wasn't any theme of weird type of feminist hero escaping from a toxic relationship, she was taken advantage of by a cult that abused her vulnerability. the movie just played up how much of a shitbag the BF and his friends were so the audience wouldn't be as against their deaths, increasing how unsettling the whole thing was.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 11:42 am to SlowFlowPro
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It's tough to really do folk horror outside of Asia and Europe, imho.
I think that's true because those areas of the world have ties to pagan rituals and ancient deities. That said, there are some good folk horror movies set in the USA, such as Harvest Home, The Lottery, Population 436, to name a few.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 11:53 am to LouisianaLonghorn
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I think that's true because those areas of the world have ties to pagan rituals and ancient deities.
Yes, but it also requires the same populations to have remained on the land, which creates the conflict.
Like, they try to do this with America but it's not as effective because you're dealing with a dominant population (Anglo-Christian) who has nothing to do with the indigenous population and its rites/mythos. Folk horror is best when it's the ancient spirits appearing in a modern context with a population whose ancestors dealt with the energy a long time ago...or a modern person facing a hidden population who still practices the ancient beliefs.
America's Anglo mythology is just, literally, so young and was always centered around Christianity. It's not the same as a British person dealing with some pagan energy that his ancestors on that literal same ground dealt with thousands of years ago.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 12:04 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Like, they try to do this with America but it's not as effective because you're dealing with a dominant population (Anglo-Christian) who has nothing to do with the indigenous population and its rites/mythos.
I think that if its done well, then it can still be just as effective, like The Witch. Also, it can draw from the indigenous mythos, doesn't have to be Anglo-Christian based, for example, Antlers.
This post was edited on 4/13/22 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 4/13/22 at 12:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
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He was drugged, which is rape.
But he knowingly took the drugs though.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 12:28 pm to LordSaintly
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But he knowingly took the drugs though.
Yikes.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 12:30 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yeah I was going to say, I feel like he missed the point of the movie.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 12:41 pm to LordSaintly
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But he knowingly took the drugs though.
So a drunk girl passed out is ok to bang, correct?
Posted on 4/13/22 at 12:47 pm to LSUPERMAN
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So a drunk girl passed out is ok to bang, correct?
No.
Alright, you all might have a point here.
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